4 July: 25 years of Open Space

[Steven (Doc) List]

Respect to both of you.

HO: "...that wonder becomes self evident." Lovely.

Kas: "Open Space Technology: Perspectives from the first 25 years."  
Also lovely.

I'd love to see this space grow, and am willing to be the collector of  
stories and coordinator/facilitator.

...Doc

On May 16, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Kas Neteler wrote:

> Hi OST Community,
>
> I am just back from WOS on OS in Berlin. Still a little groggy, but  
> wanting to chime in.
>
> I am new to OST -- less than a year's worth of my own perspectives  
> on the methodology.  In the spirit of "yes/and" I would like to  
> offer that YES I may be new, AND "the project" should be friendly to  
> all levels of experience within the OST Community.
>
> "The project" -- I hestiate to call it a book at this point-- maybe  
> a "road map" or an "outline" or a "catalog"... or not catagorizing  
> it for a while ;-) One of the themes that continually comes up for  
> me is the rush to creating meaning. In my mind, I like the idea of  
> putting  (working title): "Open Space Technology: Perspectives from  
> the first 25 Years" into the community and seeing what stories  
> emerge. Then ... only then, clustering those ideas/stories and then  
> discovering the emergent themes and presenting those stories under  
> those themes. Then as a community, or at least, those interested in  
> working on the project, coming together to organize and explore the  
> next steps... I would be interested in being a part of the self- 
> organizing team that gently facilitates this process.
>
> I look forward to hearing feedback and seeing where this  
> conversation goes.
>
> All the best --> Kas Neteler
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>  
> wrote:
> Doc -- this is kind of fun. Given my use of that awful word "fact" the
> presumption seems to be that feelings and emotions are somehow  
> excluded. In
> my world feelings and emotions are the facts of life. And what I was  
> driving
> at is the suggestion that The Book (electronic or whatever) should  
> not be
> saying how wonderful Open Space might be -- but rather create the
> environment in which that wonder becomes self evident. Which is what  
> all
> good stories and storytellers do, I think.
>


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